Police still hunting for teen to aid in armed robbery probe

PETALING JAYA: Police are still looking for the teenager being sought to help in the investigation of an armed robbery in Ara Damansara here.

Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Zani Che Din said that Muhammad Nur Aman Ibrahim, 17, from Taman Desa Ria, has yet to come forward.

ACP Mohd Zani urged those who have information on his whereabouts to contact the nearest police station.

Two video clips of two women allegedly being mugged by an armed robber in Ara Damansara have been circulating on social media, with their date and time stamps showing that the crime happened at 3.40am on Wednesday.

At 5.30pm on the same day, a police patrol in Desa Ria spotted the vehicle used in the robbery.

Police ordered the driver to pull over but he rammed into a car in front of him before reversing and hitting the patrol vehicle, and then sped off.

A two-kilometre chase ensued and ended in Desa Mentari.

During the chase, the suspect’s car grazed the right side of the patrol vehicle and police opened fire.

Five shots were fired and a few hit the suspect’s car, which prompted the driver to pull over and flee on foot.

Checks by police found that the car was reported stolen from a 25-year-old Customs Department officer during a robbery in Jalan SS4B/10 on Sept 23.

Nine packets of a substance believed to be heroin were also found in the car.

The driver is wanted for suspected armed gang robbery, attempted murder and drug possession.